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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Phyllis Jestice <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Leobin (Lubin) (d. 557) Leobin was a peasant from the area around Poitiers. He became a monk, then a priest, then abbot, and finally bishop of Chartres. surely i've read this before (as in last year's Saints-o-the-Day for 14 March), but i never *read* it. quite an extraordinary occurance, it seems to me, a peasant first becomming a monk and then rising through the monastic ranks to become a bishop. i assume that the AASS *does* indeed read "peasant" (or something comparable), though the on-line Bautz biography http://www.bautz.de/bbkl/l/lubinus_v_c.shtml (a wonderful resource, btw) calls him a "Schafhirt" (which i take to mean "shepherd"), which is how he appears in one of his miracles in a 13th c. window of the cathedral. (Bautz/Ekkart Sauser also mentions that he was abbot of Brou, which is in the Beauce, just south of Chartres, and later the home of Proust, i believe). does anyone else know of a case of a man from a peasant background rising to such heights? or even (in the early/high m.a.) becomming a monk, much less an abbot?? i'd be interested to hear of it. sounds a bit fishy, to me. best from here, christopher ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html